Washing-machine



C. P. BETTENGA.

wAsHiNG MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. I7, 1919.

1,326,636. Patented Dec. 30,1919.

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cRENo P. BETTENGA, or PARKERSBUBG, roWA.

WASHING-MACHINE.'

`Specification of Letters Patent. n p Patented Dec. 30,1919,

Application fl1ed January 17',` 1919. Serial No.` 271,560. y

To aZZ 'whom t may concern:

Be it lrnown that I, @imno P. BETTENGA, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and a resident of Parkersburg, Butler county, Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in lVashing-Machines, ofwhich the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to improvements in washing-machines, and the'objects of my improvements are, first, to provide in atub or liquidcontainer a rocking clothes receptacle, permeable to the liquidy in thecontainer, and deformable when rocked to im partV different movements toits' contents, and second, to shape the bottom of the container to aform suitablel to coact with the deformable receptacleuin various waysin operating upon theco'ntents of the latter.

These objects I have accomplished by the means whichv are'hereinafterdescribed and claimed, and which are` illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figures 1 and 2 are respectively cross andlongitudinal sections of my improved washing machine, taken on thebroken lines 1--1 and 2-'-2, respectively, of said Figs. 2 and 1,looking in the directions indicated by the arrows.

Similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts throughout thesevera] views.

I employ a tub or liquid container 1 of hollow cubicular shape,supported on legs and provided with a top closure k2, hinged thereto onhinges 8. The bottom 4 of the container is medially upwardly ridgedlongitudinally, with the oppositely directed slopes leading to narrowlongitudinal troughs 6 provided to collect slime or dirt. The numeral 9denotes a cross-pipe positioned under the bottom 4 medially, havingupwardly-bent ends which communicate with the troughs 6. A shortdepending tube leads from the middle of the pipe 9 to a spigot orvalve-chamber 10. The bottom of each trough 6 is closed by a stripv 8,between drop-pieces 7 and the walls of the container. The apex or ridgeof the bottom 4 is preferably somewhat flattened, as by the insertion ofa medial longitudinal strip 5.

I have provided within said container a clothes-receptacle, permeable tothe liquid in the container in which it is preferably half immersed.This receptacle is composed of a plurality of movable parts formingpivotally yconnected bottom, side and end walls, the top being open, Thebottom and side walls may be #of `any kind, whether perforated orimperforated, but, as shown, the bottom comprises spaced longitudinalslats 14 fixedto end-strips or cross-slats 15, while the side walls arecomposed of spaced longitudinal. slats 18 'fixed'by screws 2 5 to endstandards 16, preferably of rectangular cross-section- These side-wallsand bottom are essentially slatted or intersticed panels which :arehingedly connected to permit body deformation of the receptacle. rIheconnecting-means consist of plurality' of spaced" slats 15, horizontallyparallelto the first-mentioned bottom end slats, all the slats beingpivoted at theirL opposite 4ends to the end-standards 16 on headed pins17.

" The lowermost slats 15 are rectangularly notched at 13 in themiddlesof their lower edges to receiveremovablya longitudinal "i beam 11 o'frectangular cross-section, but whoser ends are shaped cylindrically toprovide pintles 12, said beam and its pintles constituting a roclcshaftoperable as follows. Said pintles are mounted in bearings 27 and 28 ofsaid container, the latter being a stuffing-box, andan arm 26 is fixedonv the outer end of said pintle 12.

The numeral 19 denotes a pair of like vertically-disposed boards orstandards placed medially against the inner faces of the end wallsof thecontainers and secured detachably thereto by bolts 22 and -`24, of whichthe upper bolts 22 are seated in end notches 21 of said boards. Thenumeral 20 denotes pintles extending from said boards 19 through themiddles of the uppermost endslats 15, pivotally. The squared rock shaft11 is positioned flatly and longitudinally, along and upon the flatmedial portion 5 of the rigid bottom 4.

When the shaft 11 is rocked to and fro by means of the rock-arm 26,' orby any other means, rocking movements are com-` municated to all theend-*slats 15 with said bottom slats 14. However, as the top endslats 15are medially pivoted to the iXed standards 19 onsaid pintles 20, thecorner standards 16 and the slatted side-walls cannot rock but have upand down approximately vertical movements, whereby the rectanguf lar`receptacle is distorted or changed into variable rhombic shapes,alternately, in 0pposite directions. This causes clothes in saidreceptacle to slide to and fro across it, and the liquid in thecontainer is forced .diminishing the quantity of liquid needed toproperly immerse the receptacle in its downward movements, and thelatter can move as far as the slopes of the bottom, while rocking. Thisstirs up the liquid, keeps it of homogeneous composition and preventssettling of the soapy component.

|The receptacle may be readily removed from the container by detachingthe pintles and lifting it from the squared shaft 11 to which it is notfastened.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is:

1. A washing-machine, comprising a liquid container having anupwardly-ridged bottom and a receptacle within said container having itsbottom pivotally mounted at the apex of said ridged bottom to rock toand fro.

2. A washing-machine, comprising a liquid container having anupwardly-ridged bottom, a receptacle within said container having itsbottom pivoted medially mount-4 bottom, a rock-shaft mounted in saidcontainer longitudinally above the ridge of said bottom, and areceptacle in said container having its bottom mounted removably on saidrock-shaft to rock therewith, parts of said receptacle being pivotallyconnected together, of which the upper part is piv otally mounted on thecontainer. i

4. In a washing-machine, a liquid container having a bottom slopeddownwardly outwardly to both sides of a medial longitudinal line, arock-shaft mounted along the apical ridge of said bottom, an intersticedclothes-receptacle secured removably upon said rocksliaft, saidreceptacle being formed of pivotally-connected elements, standardsremovably erected in the ends of said container, and means for pivotallyconnecting the upper end parts of said receptacle to said standards.

Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this th day of Dec., 1918.

. i CRENO P. BETTENGA.

